Austin mother faces federal charges in child smuggling case

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) – An Austin mother is facing federal charges after investigators say she tried to have her 8-year-old child smuggled into the U.S.

Prosecutors say Jesus Luciano agreed to bring the child in by bus for $5,000, even though he did not know the child.

Authorities say he used a birth certificate and claimed the child was his, but agents later found it belonged to a different child…

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